hat she was saying... >> crack in the system >> announcer: this is al jazeera. hello, this is the newshour live from london. coming up, one month after israel's prime minister said iran would be able to build a bomb within a year a secret cable reveals moss add thought differently anger in egypt as an activist who became an icon of the 2011 uprising is gaoled for five years. a u.s. court finds the p.l.o. and palestinian authority liable for terror attacks in israel more than 10 years ago.

>> vladimir putin tells russian television the apocalyptic scenarioio of war with ukraine is unlikely of. >> equal rights for women in america the statements made by the oscar winners - highlights from the big night. israel's spy agency did not believe iran was working to produce nuclear weapons, and despite binyamin netanyahu telling the u.n. otherwise a month earlier. the intelligence advice is revealed in secret documents in 2012 obtained by the investigative unit in collaboration with "the guardian." we have the first of a series of exclusive reports. >> this is a bomb. this is a fuse.

>> reporter: it's now notorious - the moment israeli prime minister binyamin netanyahu warned the united nations of an iranian nuclear bomb. the imagery was simplistic, and so was the message. >> by next spring at most by next summer at current enrichment rates they will have finished the medium enrichment and move on to the final stage. >> reporter: spy cables revealed behind the scenes a month after the speech israeli intelligence sent a different message. this is a secret mossad analysis dated 2012: the only warning is for the future: the mossad chief hinted at a

disagreement with binyamin netanyahu earlier that year. he was clear - an attack on iran is not the right way. in the spy cables mossad estimates iran had 100 kilos of iranian enriched to 20%, that could have been further enriched. iran got rid of it instead, as part of nuclear negotiations. the spy cable shed a new light on binyamin netanyahu's address, begging the question where did he get the information and the "the guardian" - the difference between the israeli prime minister and what his intelligence service were saying may lead people to question him. >> we know because of the leaked intelligence reports that the israeli intelligence assessment was that iran was a long way from being able to get near to the stage, it had not begun to

reach the level of iranian enrichment necessary to build a nuclear weapon let alone getting to the next stage of building the nuclear weapon. the story told by israeli politicians, and the one - the one that is believed by the israeli intelligence establishment are two totally different things. in fact, binyamin netanyahu is about to go to the u.s. again to make the same case and has been saying in the last 24 hours, that iran is on the point of building a nuclear weapon. how can people take it seriously when they know the israeli inteliens assessment is very different hundreds of documents sheds new light on the workings of agencies. among them the cover up obvious the theft of south african missile technology will jordan reports. >> reporter: it appeared to be an open and shut case to men

caught red-handed trying to steal stolen missile blueprints software and components from south african arms maker donel. police launched a sting operation, posed as buyers and made an arrest outside johannesburg in 2010. there was little media coverage. >> it would have been a story if one was privy to the whole setting of the trap and people being arrested and so on. there really wasn't involved in the actual drama of the story. >> reporter: the spy cables reveal details hidden from the government. israel's moz ard got hold of the blueprints sparking a battle between the two nation's spies. south africa wanted the blue print back arrived israel and got this reply:.

>> on one condition: >> reporter: it appeared south africa agreed, covered up israel's involvement and got the blueprint back presumably after moss ard made a copy. two years later a trial took place, without mention of the secret roll in the affair. the men were tried here and the israeli citizen involved walked away free from prosecution joining nee were doha is the manager of al jazeera investigation unit. tell us more about the role of israel glis that affair. it's intriguing stuff. >> well it's intriguing and

gives us a glimpse into machinations that we rarely get. it's a murky world. one of two things happened. either this was a mossad operation to steal the documents in the first place the blueprints and used the israeli citizen to do that or the israeli citizen was involved in the theft and tried to sell them to mossad. we don't know that from the documents we have seen. all we do know as we heard in will jordan's report is that mossad had the documents and south africa was desperate to get it back. >> going back to the first story, it's not surprising that politicians don't always sing the same song as the security service, they may be briefed one which - is it unusual to find a politician going against what a security service is saying?

>> i think it's remarkable that a security service will tell other agencies around the world effectively not to believe their own prime minister. that's striking. we knew reports came over during the time the various spy masters in israel were worried by binyamin netanyahu's talk of war with iran. this puts it in black and white, that they essentially - perhaps stopping short of this by calling him a liar that's not the right word but not far from that. >> what more can we expect what is up your sleeve? give us a hint. >> well over the next three days we'll publish over 600 pages of secret and top secret documents from agencies around the world. they are what is called human intelligence and unlike what for example, edward snowden published, which was to do with intelligence and eavesdropping and high security material that comes through modern technology

what you have is the human factor, people dealing with each other at ground level. that makes this very fascinating. >> thank you very much, indeed. good talking to us. and you can see the original spy cablings article concludes and analysis on the website - aljazeera.com/spycables. follow on twitter with the hashtag spycables. still ahead - a bitter battle for aleppo. why this large city matters to all side. nigeria says it's making headway against boko haram, but the president admits he under estimated them and more on fernando alonzo following his crash in formula 1 in spain al jazeera obtained what

appears to be a recording of a meeting of egypt's central security force led by interior minister ibrahim, discussing a strategy for dealing with demonstration, involving cracking down from protesters using water canon to live rounds. >> reporter: every friday they turn out across egypt, and november 28th, last year was no different. thousands demonstrated across the country, carrying pictures of deposed president mohamed mursi, and chanting slogans against a coup that forced him from power in july 2013. they didn't make it far. security was waiting for them and some opened fire. at least four protesters were killed. dozens injured. a leaked audio recording obtained by al jazeera provided new insight into events of that day. it comes from a leaked memo.

the gathering by mohammed ibrahim, giving instructions about how protesters should be dealt with as they left friday prayers. >>: >> reporter: ibrahim was no less blunt about how the demonstrators should be dispersed. >>:

>> reporter: rights groups have criticized the use of force and arrests of journalists and activists, thousands held indefinitely and others prosecuted under new anti-protest laws. on monday a court in cairo handed down a prison sentence to one of the leaders for authorising an unauthorised demonstration. >> let's be clear, this is not justice, it's a vendetta aimed at ripping the heart out of protest movements. it shows no room for protests dissenters or people with a different opinion. abdul fatah was seen as public enemy number one, and will join thousands behind bars for challenging egyptian authority. >> friday in egypt will bring more protests and death. the 5-year sentence anded to

allah abdel fatah and 3- years for 18 other activists was great with shock by supporters. fatah was a prominent voice during the 2011 revolution. we have this report. >> reporter: angry activists could nod believe the verdict against fatah, a blogger and activist. support says they broke the law by organising a protest without permit and attacked security personnel. >> translation: the core sentences fatah and another to 5 years, and each descendant to pay the amount of $13,000. >> reporter: the family is hoping for justice - they were disappointed. pro-democracy campaigners criticized the decision to punish peaceful protesters. >> translation: this is an oppression and continuation to spiteful dissent from the youth.

they were holding a peaceful protest. this is one of the ways to oppress the youth. >> reporter: many outside egypt condemned the law and called for the release of activists. >> translation: our supporters were expecting leniency after abdul fatah al-sisi's speech on sunday. he acknowledged that there might be wrongfully arrested people in prison. and said obvious the next few days some in detention would be released. but his role during the 2011 uprising as a pro-democracy campaigner. he was arrested in 2011. >> and for the military to have committed a massacre in front of the world's eyes it's recorded

on camera in front of witnesses and tried to turn it around and accuse us of instigate whying matters. >> reporter: he was given a 15 year gaol term after a military-banned protest. he was freed after 4 months in gaol and a retrial ordered. fatah will appeal the verdict in an attempt to seek justice. his lawyer says that he continues to believe people have the right to peaceful protest the retrial of two al jazeera journalists in egypt has been adjourned until march the 8th, because of a lack of witnesses. mohamed fadel fahmy and baher mohamed are accused of aiding the outlawed muslim brotherhood. charges they deny. both were released on bail. they spent more than a year behind bars along with peter

greste deported and freed a few weeks ago. >> we talk to a research professor at the london school of economics. going back to the case of allah fatah, it's a day since the president promised to release wrongly gaoled youths. what do you think of the sentencingful. >> there's double standard between what is said and done in reality. the issue is not about releasing a handful of activists. abdul fatah al-sisi will commit to this promise or not. we had a situation of impunity. we have a bad human rights sways, we have more than 44,000 people behind bars with no due process. so what we want what egyptian people want is a return to a democratic process, a political process, where dissent is accepted and embedded in political life. >> abdul fatah al-sisi - when

people criticized sentences, with the al jazeera case, when world leaders came out against the sentencing of an al jazeera journalist, he said "i can't intervene in the judicial process you have to let it take its course", is that fair comment, is it the judicial system or does he intervene to affect how these cases go? >> it's obvious that the judicial system in egypt is manipulated by the political regime, and it's obvious that the judicial system is not abiding to international standard and practices, and not respectful of due process. we saw before many cases where judges took severe sentences against activists - let us say supporters of mohamed mursi. with total disrespect of due process and human rights and

basic affair trial. and a good example is a recent law granting charges for discretion on tools and summoning witnesses or not. it's a good example of how the system is in breach of the international standard. >> you mention international standard. is there a sense that the international community is doing something about this and if so what. >> it's not enough. we have human right groups voicing their discontent about this. it's not enough. i think we need to put more pressure on the egyptian government whether it is worth it to supporters of the mohamed mursi, the government all the revolutionary reviews, they have the right of fair treatment in

prison. it's very important that we see a return to a democratic and political process. >> thank you very much indeed for talking to us. >> thank you amnesty international says there's mounting evidence that war crimes have been committed in libya in the wake of egypt's air strikes. according to witness testimony, the egyptian military failed to take precautions when carrying out an air strike on monday killing seven civilians. on sunday the egyptian president said the operation was planned meticulously to avoid civilian casualties, and aimed at targetting fighters linked to the islamic state of iraq and levant libya's u.n. recognised government said it will boycott a new round of talks on the future of the country. the tobruk-based government is competing with its rival administration in tripoli.

u.n.-brokered talks are due to start in morocco on thursday. bombing in sanaa, in a neighbourhood of the shia houthi rebels. they are threatening to try the ministers for treason if they fail to return to work u they resigned on mass after the hewitt why is seized parliament. there has been daily protests. human rights watch is worried that houthi fighters are beaten and detaining protesters this is a funeral procession for an activist killed when houthis dispersed at protests on saturday u.n. special envoy to syria is heading to damascus for another round of talks. the fight started in 2012, and government forces are losing ground. rebels say they killed 300 soldiers in the past week, and 48 civilians are said to have

been killed. >> reporter: fighting in strategically important aleppo province is fears and complicated. here the free syrian army blow up a tank using an antitank rocket. rebel groups are fighting soldiers from the regime, there are other sides involved in this war. last week forces fighting for syrian president bashar al-assad, iran and hezbollah said they had taken parts of the northern suburbs of aleppo. rebels have gained ground taking areas belonging to bashar al-assad killing his men. >> translation: now we are in a village and we freed the down from asaad's gangs and the iranians. >> reporter: many men were lost some belonging to al nusra front, an al qaeda-affiliated group. al qaeda is fighting for control. it withdrew from some suburbs,

but remained a threat. it has important supply roots for the rebels and government forces. winning the battle in aleppo would be psychologically important for any side in the fight. >> it's a big city. the biggest in syria, it has incredibly strategic lengths to turkey in the forth. to the heartland in the center towards lebanon, to i.s.i.l. controlled areas kurdish areas in the east. it's an important symbolic issue that the government and the rebels are willing to fight to maintain their control or the areas that they control, because the city is divided. >> cultural heritage is being wiped out. these images taken from a drone camera shows what little is left in the old city one of the six u.n.e.s.c.o. sites. it is a difficult place to live - people are without water,

electricity and have little access to food. many hospitals are not functioning well if at all. it makes a ceasefire all the more important. and no more likely as fighting continues. france has barred six people from travelling to iraq and syria to join armed groups. interior minister says in total 40 people will be hit with the travel pants, monday's are the first under an anti-terrorism law passed aimed at stopping french citizens gaining armed experience. peter sharp has more from paris. >> we don't know the identity of six french citizens but they had been planning to love the country to fight in iraq and syria. the departure was imminent. at the same time a further 40 french citizens are having

passports examined and they'll be banned from travelling abroad, basically. this is a result of legislation brought in in last november to counter the real concern about the number of people in this country. this is the biggest home to muslims in europe the numbers planning to go to iraq and syria. the prime minister put that figure at around 1400 and this is why these measures have been introduced. >> president obama has warned the nation's governors that a shutdown in the department of homeland security could affect security throughout the u.s. the agency budget is set to run out because of a dispute over the immigration any orders. >> once congress acts a week from now, more than 100,000 dhs employees, border control, tha agents will show up to work without getting paid. these are folks who if they

don't have a pay check will not be able to spend that money in your states. it will have an impact on your economy and on america's national security. their hard work helped to keep us safe a new york court found the palestinian authority liable for attacks, awarding american victims more than 218,000 for damages. what can you tell us about the lawsuit. >> the lawsuit centers on six attacks, suicide bombings and shootings that too place. in one case, in a crowded cafeteria of hebrew university between 2002 and 2004. and these attacks resulted in 33 people killed, and hundreds more injured. the lawsuit is filed by american

victims. many testified before the jury giving emotional statements about how the attacks tore their lives and families apart. they bear the physical and emotional scars. the lawyers talked about how some who carried out the attacks worked for the palestinian authority your and they were shown documents that some convicted of carrying out the attacks were paid whilst in prison, and the families of some victims received payments from the palastinian authority. the palestinians argued that palestinians live in a social welfare state. anyone that is a victim of the attack or the family received payment. they said they were trying to stop violence at this time. they heard from the executive committee member testifying a

high-profile witness, that they were trying to stop attacks. in the end the jury decided that the palestinian authority was responsible, they knew and was contributed knowingly to the financing to carry out the attacks. the victims from granted $218 million in damages for the attacks. >> what's the reaction from the palestinians. >> the statement was released from the palestinian ministry saying they are disappointed by the jury's finding. they plan to abeel and that it's a misapplication of u.s. law. again they'll appeal. it will take time to work out. it's in the clear if they could pay the penalty. the courts uphold the case the palestinians of course are struggling financially.

100 million in tax revenues has been chosen because of the palestinians going to international criminal court taking israel to the criminal court. that's a separate legal issue, it could be hurt by the lawsuit, at the same time palestinians are trying to get support in the i.c.c. against israel claiming that israel is guilty of war for what they have done in gaza in the last year and beyond thank you very much kristen saloomey still ahead this newshour - ukraine delays a pull back of heavy weapons from the front line blaming ongoing attacks from rebels. caught on camera. two british politicians filmed offering services to fake chinese company for money.

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a reminder of the top stories on al jazeera. al jazeera obtained a recording of an egyptian security meeting with the interior minister is heard discussing a crackdown on protesters advising using water canon to live rounds. an egyptian court sentenced leading pro-democracy activist fatah into prison. 18 others received 3-year sentences. secret files obtained by al jazeera shows israel's spy agency did not believe iran was working to produce nuclear weapons and told binyamin netanyahu a month earlier that revelation came as iranians and u.s. held talks. iran called the second day of negotiations in geneva constructive. the u.s. says there's a long way to go. rosalind jordan has been

travelling with the u.s. secretary of state john kerry. >> reporter: smiles for the camera before getting down to work in geneva. five days of bilateral talks between the u.s. and iran focus on technical questions connected to the nuclear programme, meaning bringing in the stop officials, the u.s. intelligence official and his iranian counterpart - their job to hash out which capabilities can be get for energy programs and which could help tehran build nuclear weapons, should be banned on monday the negotiations were sharpened on technical details. the questions of international sanctions was discussed. there was five weeks left before the march 31st deadline. the official told reporters talks were challenging and productive, and appeared all were trying to negotiate in good faith. >> in tehran deputy foreign

minister said the iranians want a deal representing a win-win for them and the west and that the iranians would not be bullied into concessions, the raez reaction to secretary of state john kerry statement that the u.s. will not negotiate forever. >> i'm confident that president obama is prepared to stop the talks if he feels they are not met with productive decision making necessary to prove that a programme is in fact peaceful. so too, the mayor of jerusalem helped to wrestle an attacker to the ground after an ultra orthodox jew was stabbed at an intersection. the man was found in a white

shirt walking towards the suspect lunging at him kenya's high court has thrown out key parts of an anti-terrorism law. some annulled included those that put restrictions media. it would help to curb the threat posed by al-shabab, who launched an attack on a nairobi shopping mall. parts of the law were unconstitutional. >> nigeria's president jonathan goodluck admitted in an interview that he underestimated the threat of boko haram. the multinational african force is prepared to tackle the group, whose violence recently spilled over. >> reporter: these chadian soldiers are part of a group trained by western armies. it's an annual exercise designed to help countries fight violent groups. the focus for these soldiers is boko haram.

>> what they take away from this is better cohesion cooperation among each other, and among other nations, their african partners western partners. >> reporter: increased activity comes as jonathan goodluck told nigerian media that he underestimated boko haram's capacity. during the interview he promised an ability to launch attacks will be diminished in three to four weeks. >> we are not fully equipped and ready to fight the war because of the position. over time like said, the military was neglected, they didn't have the facility or capacity. you also know that recently jets have been acquired for the air force, the army re-engineered

so the military now has the capacity to take on boko haram. >> reporter: in the last week the army says it has taken back many towns like baga in borneo state. the training that the soldiers are getting will help to defeat the group. >> reporter: boko haram is a militia made of civilians, they don't have the same experience. we are well organised. they can't resist us. >> reporter: it may feel too little too late for those that lost lived ones. a million people have been displaced by the violence. >> despite the president and military saying boko haram is defeated. theycontinued to launch attacks, killing self wounding others

the former president of the maldives has been dragged before court after being tried over terrorism law, over his decision to arrest a top judge. he was talking to journalists outside court when police pulled him in the death toll from a weekend ferry disaster rose to 70. 140 passengers were thought to be on board. it was hit by a cargo vessel and capsized. some are missing. >> russia's president vladimir putin says there's no need for a minsk meeting in ukraine. vladimir putin hopes the agreement reached there will be respected. he said that a war with ukraine is unlikely adding that he hopes it will never happen. >> comments come as ukraine said it could no longer continue. accusing pro-russian separatists of opening fire.

the withdrawal was agreed as part of a u.n.-brokered ceasefire deal. the rebels were accused of firing on soldiers killing two. the rebel commander denied fighters launched an attack. paul brennan has more. >> reporter: there has been a reduction in shelling in the separatist controlled areas of eastern ukraine. doesn't mean it's calm yet. it's far from comprehensive. although the donetsk airport area, for example, which has been a flashpoint for weeks and days, they've been dualling the two sides, ukrainians and separatists with big artillery pieces, it's in a village, there has been serious incursions and violations between pro-russian forces and ukranian forces defending the city of mariupol. all of that is creating a log

jam, i suppose, in the minsk agreement. part of the minsk agreement entailed the withdrawal of heavy weapons from the front lines, and that is not happening yet. ukraine has announced today that it doesn't want to start withdrawing the heavy weapons, until the ceasefire is comprehensive, all the guns are silence and they are verified as silent. that is creating sa degree of tension, and the o.s.c.e. which is tasked with monitoring the situation, is saying that part of the minsk deal means that both sides have to not just tell the o.s.c.e. where the heavy weapons are currently based, but they need to specify the routes that the weapons will take to withdraw from the front lines and both sides need to specify which areas they are taken to. the o.s.c.e. said that so far neither side has provided that information. so although it is noticeably calmer in donetsk than in

previous days and weeks i say the situation is tense indeed. >> greece's new government will send a list of reforms to eurozone finance minister after missing a monday deadline. it must be approved for a full-month extension of the loans. without an extension, greece faces bankruptcy, lead toing it leading the -- leading to it leaving the eurozone which would have a major knock-on effect on the rest of the economy two former british frelent ris have been -- foreign secretaries have been banned from their parties after offering their services for money. both insist they did not break rules. barnaby phillips reports. >> reporter: two distinguished politicians, both of them serving as foreign secretaries in the past. secretly filmed by journalists who pretended to represent a chinese company. both men appeared to be ready to

offer services if the money met their expectations. >> reporter: sir malcolm rif ken and sir jack straw are paid about $1,000 each to serve in parliament. they are allowed to earn other money, provided they don't lobby on behalf of a company that is paying them. sir malcolm is head of the parliament intelligence committee. he said he could offer useful access to every british ambassador, he insists he would never disclose anything to do with intelligence or national security. in scandal is a bad time for the two biggest parties in british politics, conservatives and labor, we are lease than three months from a crucial general

election. the public move towards politicians is one of distrust and could be the enmerging smaller parties, the greens the nationalists and the anti-european u.k. which are the beneficiaries. >> the prime minister says the existing rules work but they must be strictly followed. >> i want people to know in our country that our members of parliament are there to serve the constituents, their country, that is the purpose of sitting in parliament. we have tough rules, and it's important that they are properly policed jack straw says he was discussing work he would do after leaving parliament in may, malcolm rivkin said he was having a political discussion. the rules and ethics are often blurred. this scandal leads a bad taste. it will make many in britain cynical about their politicians still ahead this hour - an

ancient religious ceremony, but traditionalists in turkey complained, but now it's money making everything go around. and details from the latest volvo race. those details coming up with lauren.

the whirling group is a popular attraction for tourists in turkey some believe the religious event is no longer honoured and tourism is taking

over >> reporter: it's a 750-year-old practice. legend had it as the islamic scholar walked through a market and heard the hammering of goldsmiths and their chanting of god's name he broke out into ecstasy, trance like the persian miz tick whirled his body until he reached one possess with the divine. rumi was a devout muslim his followers, his order, say the ceremony is being turned into entertainment, something else for tourists to tick off their istanbul must-see list. this is a 22nd generation descendant and launched a campaign to reclaim his ancestors practices. >> translation: today we have spinning at wedding receptions to make money, it is worrying.

there are people engaged in whirling. our order has been diminished. >> reporter: he has met turkish government officials, including the prime minister, to discuss his worries. despite promises there are performances today that probably wouldn't be recognised. there's a regulation banning the ceremonies being performed at entertain. venues. it's not enforced. >> no drink during it. that was the understanding. three minutes we perform. 25 minutes, they are turning 30. >> reporter: this is an acceptable way to show it do you think? >> yes, yes, yes. >> reporter: this group, a culture and art foundation, says its ceremony is faithful and respectful. they perform without the

oversight of the descendants, and without that cell the family fears the skills needed for the event will be lost here is robin with the sport. >> thank you very much. formula 1 team mcclarn says fernando alonzo is making a solid recovery after crashing after testing in spain. he suffered concussion after hitting a wall at more than 240km at the catalunya circuit. this picture has been released of fernando alonzo and they'll assess whether they'll participate in another test section. there was no mechanical failure or fault an f.i.f.a. task force set up to find the best time of the year to stage the 2022 qatar

well cut - the committee is expected to make a recommendation to f.i.f.a. with a time decision made in march. the task force will be set up over concerns whether the event will be held in june or july. textures can reach 50 degrees, the favoured option is a november to december tournament. the european clubs association is hopeful of moving the world cup to may, where it will cause less disruption to their season. a tournament affected by the winner world cup is a champion's league. resuming on tuesday, with manchester city taking on barcelona. ahead of the match, the midfielder nasari insisted his team were not scared of the giants. they were beaten by barca at the same time last season. nasari believes it was because city gave them too much respect,

and the english champions make that mistake. >> we are better physically than last year last year in the first game we had a couple of players injured. everything will be different. we are more experienced for the competition. it will be a matter of winning the game from football to ten. >> roger federer cruised into the second round of the dubai championships. 56 minutes was all it took to dispatch of his oappointment. 6-3, 6-1. roger federer making it 16 wins against the russian opponents england recorded a first win. cricket world cup, beating scotland in pool a, taking the pressure off the struggling side as we explain. >> reporter: after being beaten by australia, humiliated by new zealand in the last match,

there was much more than pride on the line for england in danger of an early exit. opener mow een ali did what his side badly needed hammering shots all over the ground to score 128 runs. his partnership with ian bell putting england in a commanding moss. -- in a commanding decision. >> england lacked spark. bolded out for 184, englands captain unprepared for a victory speech. >> the win puts everyone at ease, giving guys a bit of confidence, even the guys that didn't perform. rubbing up against - that sounded terrible. talking to the guys that had a little success will be good.

>> the victory removing england from the bottom of their group. >> north korea's banned foreign runners from taking part scheduled to be held in pyongyang. authorities are concerned about the spread of the virus. north korea is thousands of miles away from the outbreak in west africa and have reported no cases of the virus. borders are closed because of fears that it may spread. pyongyang - since 1981, foreign runners were allowed to repeat. north korea's authorities cancelled the mass games. >> this morning at 9:30 we were rung by our north korean counterpart and said because of ebola, we are not taking foreign runners into the country, and so we had 500 runners ready,

amateur to semi-professional. they have been cancelled. they are very, very careful, if you like. particularly careful with the threat of the virus coming into the country. it makes sense. the medical system there couldn't cope simply. so the ebola have no reason - have no reason to think it is because of the ebola crisis. i think they have taken it to an extreme, and it's a pity they are stopping an event like this and tour im. as we all are aware in the west the situation is under control. >> after a week plagued by crashes, the injury of a drive, n.a.s.c.a.r. got back to racing. >> let's go racing boys. >> the daytona 500 focussed the fans back on the track. the event was an anticlimax. joey logano in the 2-leg sprint

finish. >> middle town connect's joey lagano wins the day tone a500. >> his first day tone atitle and the second one for team boston. great pictures in the latest round of sailing's volvo ocean race. the teams are headed to auckland new zealand, as the fifth leg reaches its conclusion. it's close, 20 nautical miles separating the boats in the team. the chinese boat has a narrow lead of 2 miles. a spanish team expected to reach auckland on saturday. the overall race to finish in june. that's the sport. back to lauren in london. thank you very much. hollywood has celebrated its biggest night, the oscars. the academy award watchers say

the pick was hardly surprising "birdman" take thing the top billing. >> the oscar goes to... .."birdman." [ cheering and applause ] >> reporter: no surprise there then "birdman" stood a good chance, it was inevitable it would be best or "boyhood" that took the big one. the best director minutes earlier gave an indication that "birdman" would get best picture, the two hand in hand. it didn't yield the best actor, that went to eddie redmayne for his performance as stephen hawking in "the theory of everything." his acceptance speech collegesy but humle. this is a man getting a hang of the business. >> this oscar... ..this oscar... [ laughs ] ..this belongs to all of those people around the world battling a.l.s. >> and the oscar got to -- goes

to... ..julianne moore. >> reporter: she's been storming through the award system picking up everything. her performance as "still alice," and patrick aarquette, 12 years in the making and she had a speech a big political pointed. >> it's our time to have wage equality once and for all, and equal rights for women in the united states of america. [ cheering and applause ] >> movie reel: i'm not going to leave you, i'm not going to go anywhere i'll say with you >> reporter: "crisis hot line", a snapshot of volunteers manning the phone, talking veterans with post-traumatic stress disorder out of taking their life. >> in the end if you publish

this material i'll likely be implicated. >> reporter: best picture in relation to edward snowden filmed by the journalist enlisted to help him. the evening is over. was it surprises, no it was pretty spot on. there were controversies over movies omitted, but the academy did what the academy does it picked the films it lookings. -- likes. there were 25 winners. >> a reminder you can catch up on the news we are covering by going to the website. and watch us by clicking on the icon. aljazeera.com that's it from me lauren taylor. stay with us. in the mean time thanks for watching the newshour. bye for now.

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